The Voice star's heartbreak as toddler killed in freak accident

Star ofThe Voice, Paul Black, was walking his two young children home from the playground on Sunday when they were hit by an out of control car.

The singer threw himself over his one-year-old daughter and eight-month-old son, but couldn't stop the force of the vehicle,The Sunreports.

Peal, who would have been two next month, was rushed to hospital but they weren't able to save her.

In a statement released by South Wales Police, Paul and his heartbroken wife Gemma said: "Pearl was every single star in every single sky, she was as bright as the stars, when she looked at you with those eyes and she would melt your heart.

"She was the reddest pearl in the ocean and the sweetest melody ever written.